Word: centrists
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...adoption of a hard-right plank that gubernatorial candidate George W. Bush, the ex- President's son, will now have to run on. Wary moderates like Bush and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson were careful not to offend the rightists, who rolled over anybody in their way. When one centrist delegate argued that the party was not a church, she was roundly booed...
...promising a drastic revolution, the response was off the charts. One White House aide and campaign veteran estimates that 40% of Clinton's paid advertising mentioned ending welfare. It formed the basis for Clinton's claim to be a New Democrat. Middle-class voters, argues Al From of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, "just never expected to hear a Democrat say, 'You can stay on welfare for two years, but then you have...
...college choice is not the only characteristic that distinguishes the 42-year-old Boston lawyer from his challengers. As the only liberal candidate in the race, Bachrach has resisted the centrist politics of his Democratic opponents, State Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge) and State Rep. Mark Roosevelt '78 (D-Beacon Hill...
That ambition is what has led the candidate to run for governor--at the politically tender age of 38--on a centrist platform designed to appeal to the same voters who elected Republican Gov. William F. Weld...
...race including Barrett and Roosevelt invites a number of comparisons between the Harvard alumni, from their common privileged backgrounds to their centrist platforms. Some say the similarities between the two relatively unknown candidates may ultimately undermine their attempts to win the Democratic primaries...